Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
31. Unemployed persons by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, marital status, and duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2018
	Unemployed						Weeks
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	15 weeks and over			Average (mean) duration	Median duration
	Total	Less than 5 weeks	5 to 14 weeks	Total	15 to 26 weeks	27 weeks and over	Average (mean) duration	Median duration
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	6,314	2,170	1,876	2,268	917	1,350	22.7	9.3
16 to 19 years	759	358	247	155	84	71	11.6	5.3
20 to 24 years	1,048	403	331	314	151	163	16.7	8.1
25 to 34 years	1,450	487	428	535	226	309	21.4	9.6
35 to 44 years	1,003	329	304	370	156	214	22.6	9.7
45 to 54 years	938	268	270	400	138	262	28.7	11.4
55 to 64 years	789	212	214	364	123	241	33.0	12.8
65 years and over	327	113	83	130	40	91	31.0	9.7

Men, 16 years and over	3,398	1,136	1,001	1,260	521	739	23.1	9.7
16 to 19 years	422	194	139	89	50	39	12.1	5.8
20 to 24 years	596	208	184	204	94	111	19.0	9.1
25 to 34 years	763	254	223	286	126	160	22.3	9.8
35 to 44 years	515	170	157	188	79	109	21.7	9.7
45 to 54 years	490	138	135	217	77	140	29.1	12.0
55 to 64 years	435	117	117	201	70	131	32.2	12.9
65 years and over	177	57	46	75	25	49	32.6	10.6

Women, 16 years and over	2,916	1,034	875	1,007	396	611	22.1	8.9
16 to 19 years	338	164	108	66	34	31	10.9	4.9
20 to 24 years	452	196	146	110	57	53	13.7	6.7
25 to 34 years	687	234	205	249	100	149	20.5	9.4
35 to 44 years	488	159	147	182	77	106	23.4	9.6
45 to 54 years	448	130	135	183	61	122	28.2	10.7
55 to 64 years	354	95	96	162	53	109	34.1	12.7
65 years and over	150	57	37	56	15	41	29.0	8.6

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White, 16 years and over	4,354	1,552	1,316	1,486	627	859	21.5	8.8
Men	2,380	820	716	844	365	479	21.9	9.2
Women	1,973	732	599	642	262	380	20.9	8.3
Black or African American, 16 years and over	1,322	409	374	540	191	349	25.9	10.8
Men	676	208	193	276	99	176	26.0	10.9
Women	646	201	181	264	92	173	25.8	10.7
Asian, 16 years and over	304	88	94	122	48	75	27.3	10.9
Men	159	44	47	68	27	41	29.6	11.5
Women	146	44	47	55	21	33	24.7	10.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over	1,323	508	390	425	191	234	19.1	8.2
Men	695	273	196	226	101	125	19.1	8.1
Women	628	234	195	199	90	109	19.2	8.2

MARITAL STATUS
Men, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	959	313	274	373	151	222	24.1	10.0
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	487	146	140	201	79	122	27.8	11.0
Never married	1,952	678	588	687	291	396	21.6	9.2
Women, 16 years and over
Married, spouse present(1)	897	313	282	303	121	182	22.5	8.8
Widowed, divorced, or separated(2)	587	180	169	238	86	152	26.4	10.4
Never married	1,432	541	424	467	189	278	20.1	8.3
Footnotes (1) Refers to persons in opposite-sex married couples only. (2) Separated includes persons who are married, spouse absent.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019